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AFRICA, EDUCATION = AND=20 EUROPEAN AID

The = Cotonou=20 Convention

The Cotonou Convention between the = 77 African,=20 Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the 15 European Union = states,=20 signed in the economic capital of Benin on 23 June 2000, marks an=20 important change in EU-ACP cooperation. The onvention, which = replaces the=20 fourth Lom=E9 Convention, has been signed for 20 years and is to = be revised=20 every five years. It covers five main points:

1) As required by the World Trade = Organisation=20 (WTO), it will be a priority objective in future to integrate the = ACP=20 countries into the world economy by liberalising trade.

In particular, the convention = abolishes the=20 price stabilisation mechanisms that safeguarded the export revenue = of the=20 ACP countries from agricultural products (Stabex) and mineral = products=20 (Sysmin).

2) Aid is no longer automatic. It = will now=20 depend on the achievement of targets (institutional reforms, use = of=20 resources, the reduction of poverty, long-term development = measures). Each=20 country has a budget covering aid planned on the basis of a = national=20 cooperation strategy (NCS).

3) The fight against poverty, the = convention's=20 main objective, encompasses various fields: political (regional=20 cooperation), economic (development of the private sector, = structural and=20 sectoral reforms), social (youth, equal opportunities), cultural = and=20 environmental.

4) The populations concerned must = be informed=20 and consulted to increase participation by the economic, social = and local=20 community actors in the implementation of projects.

5) Provision is made for a = political dialogue=20 on all matters of mutual interest, nationally and regionally as = well as at=20 ACP level. Procedures, notably the suspension of aid, are put in = place for=20 human rights violations or corruption.

Translated by Lorna Dale =

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